JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, isn’t anywhere close to as wealthy as his running mate—but he just might be on the way there.
The Marine Corps, Ohio State and Yale Law School grad cut his teeth at law firms, investment banks, and venture-capital firms. But he truly rose to prominence when he penned his life story. According to Forbes, Vance is worth an estimated $10 million, mostly owing to the blockbuster sales of his 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, which has sold over 1.6 million copies to date and was produced as a film by Netflix. By 2022, the book alone had earned Vance nearly $350,000 in royalties.
